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You link to the definition of “biannual” leaves a lot to be desired. Essentially, it’s wrong. Biannual is every two years; SEMI-annual is twice a year. Here’s a link to an English major’s site on the bi- vs semi- issue: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/biweekly.html

@Eric: Actually that was supposed to be the other cop (his partner) in that panel, but yeah, I was afraid that wasn’t clear at all. Especially since, you know, they look exactly the same. I fixed it so that we’re on this one cop the whole time. Thanks…

Ohhhh, I get it now. Yeah, I completely missed the environmental cues that the penultimate panel’s policeman was the partner on the other end of the line. Now I feel kinda dumb and want to say sorry back.

Hmm, I could do another Bi joke, but its just too easy at this point. On a related issue though, who can tell me what Di-hydrogen monoxide is, and why it would be related to this whole Bi / semi confusion… :D

Gosh I loved that. Not so much the comic (it was funny though), but the comment. That’s crazy how that works. I’ve gotta try that in my comic someday. Don’t know how, or when, in fact I’ll probably forget to use preantepenultimate, but I love it. I love it a lot.

I think we should use bi-monthly and bi-annual for meaning every 2 months and every 2 years, respectively, because we already have “twice monthly” and “twice annually.” It would eliminate a lot of confusion, I think.